The House passed legislation Tuesday to protect women’s and girls school sports from biological male athletes.
“The last time my bill passed the House, not a single Democrat supported it,” bill sponsor Rep. Greg. Steube, R-Fla., told The Daily Signal. “The Democratic Party should listen to the mandate we just received from America: 70% of moderate voters said [President-elect Donald] Trump’s protection of women’s sports and bathrooms was a driving factor in their vote this fall.”
The bill passed 218-206. Two Democrats, Reps. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, and Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, voted for it.
“Biological men competing against women also poses a threat to the safety of our girls,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a press conference immediately following the vote. “It’s dangerous, it’s unfair, it’s a rejection of reality, and it is…